SUBSTITUTES FOR WOOL

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26117, 20 May 1950, Page 9

SUBSTITUTES FOR WOOL

CASE FOR SYNTHETIC FIBRES WALL STREET OPINION (New Zealand Press Association) Textilo NEWr YORK ’ May 18. stand ini mer !. are saying that 1950 will fibres ‘S® year ,n whlch synthetic Sbitt ” g Fsti^i® P “ me thlng to bleat cent nr JK' ma f mg , tnat ab ™t M Per ®®K,’ th sales of men’s light-weight suits this summer would be made of mire da V v n thit%i Wan ■?*£“/ Js "™“ ° a ‘O mmtn aWltCh from WOOl to synunder sum mer suits had been itX some .years, but this year a tStil<? a impede. It quoted ?e« ft. e „ x „ ecut ‘ve as saying that in 1948 rlvoJ t£l® sum mer suit in six was ot ‘ The Proportion was one in four iwi ?hT 5 a e n a d r. WOUld b ® at leas ‘ ™ Street Journal” added: “The °T hl fl d the shee P' s bleating is the .cost of its fleece As recently as rp^ c aUt T* m u ■ fine w ° ol was worth 140 cents. It brings 220 cents to-day. That * s nearly three time the pre-war price un? Jlv? s ex P ect ed to climb still higher the ma h n priC . e P ro £ lem boils down to for Pr ce7 n 6 1 Ray ° b SU “ S ir,.?S',° n « W l’J “ nttae t 0 be the major invader of the men s suit market this su mmer but the entry of nylon will be noticeable. Only a few experimental s ? lts . 'J 61 '® on the market last summer, but at least two big manufaci turers will market them this season. The |£n W suits be 20 P er cent - nylon and 8?P® r ' cent. worsted. They will cost *T he chief sellin S Point will be not that they are cheaper than all-wool garments, but lighter. Partnylon suits will weigh about 21b, compared with an average of about 31b for summer worsteds and 2Jlb for all-rayon ”